Sitting in front of Santa's Toy Barn are, from left, Rachel Bussey, 2, Lisa Bussey and John Bussey of La Palma. They were visiting Knott's Berry Farm which turns into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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The entire park has been decked with holly and other vestiges of yuletide cheer – not bad for a place that had to expel zombies and shoo away six-foot long Haunt arachnids just a few weeks ago.

“Our park décor guys start the moment Haunt ends. They have it all up by Thanksgiving,” Knott's spokeswoman Jennifer Blazey said. “Things are passing one another. You have skeletons going in and poinsettias and trees heading the other direction.”

To make the transformation, Knott's Berry Farm uses seven miles of Christmas lights a year, Blazey said.

The Timber Mountain Log Ride has been transformed into Elf Mountain for the second time in two years.

There will also be a new Christmas tree in Calico Square, where every night Snoopy and the Peanuts gang -- because it wouldn't be Christmas without Charlie Brown – will have a tree-lighting ceremony.

And speaking of Peanuts, Charlie Brown and his friends will make appearances all over the park.

There's the "Peanuts Holiday Parade" featuring 37 students from the Westminster-based Orange County Song and Dance Company.

The parade will run on weekends, with extended runs from Dec. 18 through 23, and 26 through 30.

There's also the “It’s Christmas, Snoopy!” ice show in the 2,100-seat Charles M. Schulz Theatre.

Knott’s Ghost Town will make its annual transformation into a Victorian-style artisan village, complete with wandering carolers and festive decorations. Hundreds of thousands of white and colored lights have been strung through Ghost Town, which will be lit from dusk until the park closes.

Visitors can get into the artist's village with admission to the park. Visitors may also purchase admission to just the artists village. That's $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and kids under 11.

Sitting in front of Santa's Toy Barn are, from left, Rachel Bussey, 2, Lisa Bussey and John Bussey of La Palma. They were visiting Knott's Berry Farm which turns into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Kaitly Freitas, 5, of Huntington Beach, hands a toy over to the Toys for Tots campaign to get a free admission to Knott's Berry Farm as part of its Knott's Merry Farm celebration for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Santa Claus greets park visitors at Knott's Berry Farm during "A Peanuts' Holiday Parade" as the theme park is turned into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. COURTESY, KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
Alison Campbell and Harriet Poole (daughter and mother) pose in front of the Poinsettia Christmas Tree at Knott's Berry Farm. The tree is made of 500 poinsettia plants and takes approximately 40 man hours to make. It is part of the holiday decorations the theme park puts up for the season. ///Knott's Berry Farm turns into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Martha Moss of West Covina poses in front of a Christmas Tree all decorated in pink in the Christmas Crafts Village area of Knott's Berry Farm transformed into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
On stage in the Charles M. Schulz Theater at Knott's Berry Farm are Charlie Brown and Linus of Peanuts fame. They are two of the characters in the annual Christmas themed ice show "It's Christmas, Snoopy!" The show is one of the offerings by the theme park as it is turned into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Snoopy is joined by other skaters in the annual ice skating Christmas show "It's Christmas, Snoopy!" at Knott's Berry Farm as part of its Knott's Merry Farm entertainment offerings for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Snoopy is the star in "It's Christmas, Snoopy!" ice show in the Charles M. Schulz Theater at Knott's Berry Farm during the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
A Christmas wreath is on the front of the Knott's Berry Farm steam train as part of its Knott's Merry Farm holiday decorations up for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The Timber Mountain Log Ride is transformed into Elf Mountain Christmas or the holiday season at Knott's Berry Farm. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Heading up the lift of the Timber Mountain Log Ride into Santa's Workshop on the ride that has been transformed into Elf Mountain Christmas at Knott's Berry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Elves are on display inside the "Elf Mountain Christmas" on the Timber Mountain Log Ride as Knott's Berry Farm transforms into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. COURTESY, KNOTT'S BERRY FARM
Knott's Calico Christmas Carolers, a caroling and bell ringing group, sings to visitors to Knott's Merry Farm (as Knott's Berry Farm is called) during the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Sitting in front of the Christmas Tree in Calico Square at Knott's Berry Farm are Jacob Perez, 8, of Long Beach and Caitlin Perz, 13, of Long Beach as they visit what is known as Knott's Merry Farm during the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The stagecoach passes over a couple of giant candy canes at Knott's Merry Farm during the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
This is the second year the Poinsettia Christmas Tree has decorated Knott's Berry Farm as part of its Knott's Merry Farm holiday season. Pictured in front of the tree are (l-r) Bhennia Watson, Kimberly Watson, Kathleen Watson, 15, Jonathan Delrosario, 9, Julia Delrosario, 3, and Perlie Delrosario, all of Moreno Valley. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
The Knott's Calico Christmas Carolers sing to visitors to Knott's Berry Farm as it is turned into Knott's Merry Farm for the holiday season. MARK EADES, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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